Liselotta Jahnke, Jason Irwin, Rachel Cruickshank and Paula Kovač are the new student members of the Programme Committee (OLC). This committee advises the Executive Board and the Faculty Board of CADS about educational matters, such as determining the Course and Examination Regulations and evaluating…

That Tessa Schiethart finished her bachelor's degree in International Studies with a thesis on Indonesian women's reasons for veiling was a coincidence. Or so she thought. Six years later, her book Seeing and Being Seen, in which she writes about her life with a wine stain and vision loss, is in the…

On 22 January, a panel of international experts on nuclear deterrence gathered at the Campus The Hague to discuss the future of nuclear deterrence in Europe. The panel addressed key aspects of nuclear strategy and the impact of Russia's nuclear rhetoric in the context of the war in Ukraine.

Title research: Textualism: the final solution?

Matthijs Westera is an assistant professor at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

If you wish to come to the Netherlands there are certain immigration procedures you need to follow. The Service Centre International Staff will help you with all of these. We will provide you with checklists, an immigration wizard and an overview of all immigration formalities. This way you will be…

In August 2022 we welcome our new colleague Dr Letty ten Harkel as Assistant Professor in Roman and Post-Roman Archaeology. For the past ten years she has built up an impressive track record in the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. Read the interview about her background and research…

From a queer art exhibition to a podcast about people with disabilities, the JEDI Fund this year again honored several projects that contribute to diversity and inclusion.

After 2.5 years as defence minister, it is time for Kajsa Ollongen to hand over the baton. In front of a packed audience, she gave her farewell speech at Leiden University in The Hague on Tuesday, which included personal lessons and memories, from sleeping on the ground with the prime minister to the…

Benjamín Maldonado, Orestes Kyrgiakis, Roos Capel and Iskra Cvitković are the new student members of the Programme Committee (OLC). The board advises the Executive Board and the Faculty Board about educational matters, such as the determination of the Course and Examination Regulations and the evaluation…

On March 21, 2025, the symposium ‘Diversity and Inclusion in the Police’ will take place. During this event, we will explore the path from ambition to the realization of a diverse and inclusive police organization. The symposium is intended for scholars, policymakers, and professionals committed to…

In an interview with Jaap van den Herik, Professor emeritus Law and IT, legal magazine Mr. writes that The Hague municipality wants to attract more legal tech start-ups. The municipality has therefore commissioned the Leiden Centre of Data Science (LCDS) of Leiden University to conduct a study into…

How do you write a job advertisement that appeals to both men and women? This question is particularly pressing in French, where every noun has a clearly visible grammatical gender. University researcher Benjamin Storme investigated how employers can best deal with this issue.

Erik Danen (Ph.D) is Professor of Cancer Drug Target Discovery at the Division of Drug Discovery & Safety.

Nike van Helden is an external PhD and Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. With a background in Latin American Studies, Nike has specialized in literary analysis, and Cuban literature in particular.

Maikel Kuijpers is Assistant Professor in European Prehistory at the Faculty of Archaeology. Though trained as an archaeologist, his work blurs the boundaries between the history of knowledge, anthropology, sociology, and archaeology.

Paula Harvey is an external PhD candidate and lecturer at LUCAS.

Marco Visser studies how biodiversity and ecosystems respond to multiple stressors, including climate change, disease, and pollution. For questions about the

Gido Oude Kotte is a dual PhD candidate at Leiden University Dual PhD Centre. Working title: ‘Recht waardig oordelen, een studie naar oordeelsvorming in de praktijk.’

Larissa is a PhD-candidate at the Department of Economics.

Rosanneke Emmen is a postdoc in the research cluster societal challenges (LUC) and investigates the parenting origins of ethnic prejudice in diverse ethnic groups.

Until September 2024 Marie-Leen Ryckaert was Senior Lecturer Design History & Theory and Research Fellow at ArtEZ University of the Arts (Department of Interior Architecture) for fifteen years. She is currently conducting research on Film and Architecture (Faculty of Humanities).

Leila Demarest is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Political Science.